" ACCOUNTABLE, MEASURABLE MARKETING TO HELP BUSINESSES ACHIEVE PROFITABLE GROWTH AND SUPERIOR RETURNS OUT OF THEIR MARKETING INVESTMENTS. "


Tuesday, November 13, 2007

What is Accountable Marketing and What Can It Do For Your Business?

Every business faces a constant tug of war. You have to build a business - do those things that move your company forward and make it grow -, and you have to run a business - manage your company now, serve existing customers, pay your bills. All of these activities are crucial for your business' survival and growth. In both cases focusing on the market needs and wants is essential to a successful business, and at the same time, this market-orientation must be balanced with the company's objective of achieving the profit margin required to succeed in business.

Marketing should be viewed as an investment in your business, not as an expense. As with other investments, you should expect a superior return. Accountable Marketing incorporates all business strategies and activities that result in producing products and services that satisfy your customers’ needs and produce greater profits for you company, ensuring specific metrics are in place to help you measure the return on your marketing investment.

Accountable Marketing can add value to your business by helping you:

  • Accelerate growth within your company
  • Make your brand better, bigger, more profitable
  • Launch a start-up venture. a new product, or explore opportunities in new markets
  • Turnaround/revitalize an ailing or stagnant business
  • Explore new and non-disruptive ways to achieve higher goals

Accountable Marketing can be your best ally in any of these situations:

  • you want to know what's the profitable upside potential of your brand, product or service
  • your sales are stagnant or slowing and you don't know why
  • you are wondering if you have the right products, in the right place, at the right price
  • you need to increase your company / brand image and exposure
  • you are facing intense competition, pricing pressure, and your distributors are not responding as you wish
  • your marketing and sales initiatives are not working as anticipated
  • you are wondering if your latest business move was a profitable one
  • you don't have the time, methodology, prioritization or people to tackle a very important commercial project

Many businesses, specially small to mid-size companies, waste considerable resources because they lack a strategic marketing platform which defines the company’s target customers, and clearly articulates a well differentiated product positioning strategy. Accountable Marketing helps create a superior business foundation and substantially leverages a company’s marketing investment. Accountable Marketing enables the kind of leadership and accountability for all Marketing initiatives and activities to make sure they are ultimately linked to both revenue and profitability, and will ensure that specific metrics are in place to help you measure the return -ROI- on your marketing, sales and distribution investment.

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What is Accountable Marketing and what does it do for your business?

Marketing should be viewed as an investment in your business, not as an expense, and as with other investments, you should expect a superior return. Accountable Marketing encompasses all business strategies and activities that result in producing products and services that satisfy your customers’ needs and generate greater profits for you company, ensuring specific metrics are in place to help you manage the process and measure the return on your marketing investment.

Many businesses, specially small to mid-size companies, waste considerable resources because they lack a strategic marketing platform which defines the company’s target customers and clearly articulates a well differentiated product positioning strategy. Accountable Marketing makes sure all marketing initiatives and activities are ultimately linked to both revenue and profitability.

Accountable Marketing helps create a more effective, more competitive business foundation especially in these turbulent times.